I used George’s fishing lures to create a garland that wraps around the Christmas tree. Each ornament evokes a memory, including a lighted one that houses a nativity scene. My maternal grandfather could be terrible. He was a mean teaser who had nicknames for all his friends. Old George also could be racist. “He wasn’t
ABOVE: My grandfather, George Bolender, poses with a snook caught off the seawall on the Caloosahatchee River in their neighborhood just east of downtown Fort Myers. SCOTT SIMMONS / FLORIDA WEEKLY My maternal grandfather could be terrible. He was a mean teaser who had nicknames for all his friends. Old George also could be racist.
My grandfather, George Bolender, poses with a snook caught off the seawall on the Caloosahatchee River in their neighborhood just east of downtown Fort Myers. SCOTT SIMMONS / FLORIDA WEEKLY My maternal grandfather could be terrible. He was a mean teaser who had nicknames for all his friends. Old George also could be racist. “He